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diff --git a/network/aggregate/slack-desc b/network/aggregate/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..6d9a3acb263e --- /dev/null +++ b/network/aggregate/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +aggregate: aggregate (optimise a list of route prefixes) +aggregate: +aggregate: Takes a list of prefixes in conventional format on stdin, and +aggregate: performs two optimisations to attempt to reduce the length of the +aggregate: prefix list. The first optimisation is to remove any supplied +aggregate: prefixes which are superfluous because they are already included in +aggregate: another supplied prefix. For example, 203.97.2.0/24 would be removed +aggregate: if 203.97.0.0/17 was also supplied. The second optimisation +aggregate: identifies adjacent prefixes that can be combined under a single, +aggregate: shorter-length prefix. For example, 203.97.2.0/24 and 203.97.3.0/24 +aggregate: can be combined into the single prefix 203.97.2.0/23. |